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Meaning of HARMOTOME

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Har"mo*tome\, n. [Gr. ? a joint + ? to cut: cf. F.
harmotome.] (Min.)
A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually
in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone.
Note: A related mineral, called lime harmotome, and
      Phillipsite, contains lime in place of baryta. --Dana.
 
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